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Last Monday, a new shipment of sports equipment sent by Envera to the 'Vicente del Bosque' Soccer School arrived in Senegal, where eighty children and young people participate, for whom soccer has become a means of inclusion and healthy leisure but, above all, to have a better future. The shipment was made possible thanks to Iberia and the volunteers of Aviación Sin Fronteras.

Fifty children and their families from Envera's Early Attention and Neurodevelopment Service will enjoy next Saturday the concert The Rhythms of Music offered by the Metropolitan Orchestra of Madrid and its chief conductor, Silvia Sanz Torre, at the National Auditorium of Madrid, thanks to the close collaboration that Envera and the Talía Group have maintained for years.

We received in our Radio Terrícola studios in Gran Canaria the creators and components of Trisomy 21: Saúl Santana, Celestino Arencibia and Rayco Mederos. A project that started as a clothing brand and that with the profits carries out sports activities, mainly focused on surfing.

Envera has joined this Tuesday the celebration of the International Day Against Childhood Cancer, which the World Health Organization (WHO) commemorates every February 15 to raise awareness about childhood cancer and express support for children and adolescents with cancer, some of whom also have disabilities, and their families. Specifically, Envera has signed the manifesto 'A better survival is possible' of the Asociación Pequeño Valiente.

We received in our Radio Terrícola studios in Gran Canaria the founders of the group Mariachi Peleón, Misael Pérez and José Luis Castellano. Two artists with whom we have shared anecdotes, humor and music in an interview that has taken us through their 15 years of musical career.

The CEO of Metro de Madrid has received the General Manager of Envera and the students with intellectual disabilities who will carry out training internships in the subway thanks to the collaboration agreement between Envera and the Department of Transport and Infrastructures of the Community of Madrid headed by David Pérez.

Chelo García González, a computer engineer, is the mother of Cris, a young woman at the Envera Occupational Center in Colmenar Viejo (Madrid), and also a volunteer in our organization. Her story, and that of her daughter, is the story of so many men and women with intellectual disabilities and their families who, almost invisible, must face one of the greatest challenges of their lives. That is why their voice is so important on International Cancer Day.

This Wednesday, Envera's general manager, Enrique Grande, signed the adhesion, for the eighth consecutive year, to the Incorpora Program of the "la Caixa" Foundation. Throughout 2021, thanks to the participation in this initiative, Envera's Labor Insertion Service assisted 132 people with disabilities, 75 of whom got a job despite the socioeconomic difficulties caused by the pandemic.

Last Friday our Radio Terrícola studios in Gran Canaria were visited by our friend Aday Ramírez, coordinator of the Sailing School of the Island Federation of Gran Canaria, with whom we carried out one of the most fun projects of the past year: A sea for all, a project that for eight years has sought to bring the benefits and values of the sport of sailing to people with physical and intellectual disabilities.